Volcanic 50
50K · 32.3 miles
On the calendar
The date is set. Entry has not opened. Registration opens February 1, 2027.
Race dateAugust 7-8, 2027
Duration2 days
Start7:00am
Whenin 287 days
Who's going to Volcanic 50?
Free. You can start with nothing.
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this.
Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
Distance
The race
32.3 miles
High point
The race
4,950 ft
Time limit
not checked yet
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
· 5 aid stations
A remote, rugged circuit of Mt. St. Helens on the Loowit Trail, run clockwise. All but 4.5 miles are on the Loowit Trail. Expect a finish time closer to a 50-miler than a 50K.
Lava and pumice fields, boulder fields, river crossings and the blast zone. There is virtually no shade from the Toutle River aid station until within 3.5 miles of the finish. The section from Toutle River to The Spring is limited aid. There are no porta potties on the course.
The race
What this one is
A very rugged, very remote 50K+ and a 25K on Mt. St. Helens in Washington. The 50K follows the single-track Loowit Trail around the whole mountain, over boulder fields and rivers, through the blast zone and into dense forest. The 25K runs part of the same trail without going all the way around. Both start and finish at the Marble Mountain Sno Park.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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not checked yet
- Lottery opens
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not checked yet
- Lottery draw
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not checked yet
- Field cap
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285
ultrasignup.com
- Registration
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UltraSignup
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- Qualifying
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Runners must have completed at least one trail 50K before race day, or the Volcanic 25K in a prior year. A link to the result is entered at registration.
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- Minimum age
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not checked yet
- Transfers
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No
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- Deferrals
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not checked yet
Running, crewing, pacing or still deciding
How NavRun helps with Volcanic 50
Two stations with a clock on each.
You are running it
You reach Toutle River, mile 12.2, before its 11:30am cutoff, and you already knew that this morning.
An arrival time for all 4 stations, worked out from your own training.
Start free →
You are deciding
You find out Volcanic 50 is months of work away, not years, and you go and get the qualifier.
Put in a race you have already run. NavRun shows you where this one sits from where you are.
No account needed →
Crew access, pacers and drop bags
The rules that shape your day
Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.
- Crew allowed
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No
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- Vehicles per runner
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not checked yet
- Pacers
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No
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- Muling
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not checked yet
- Drop bags
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No
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- Cupless
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Yes
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- Course marking
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not checked yet
- Night running
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not checked yet
- Dogs
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Not allowed
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- Headphones
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not checked yet
- Crew rules
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No crewing is allowed as the only access to the course is by 8-10 mile hikes.
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- Pacer rules
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No pacing, for the same reason as crewing.
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- Drop bag rules
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not checked yet
- Cutoff philosophy
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not checked yet
Aid stations
Every stop, and what you get there
● yes ○ no ? nobody has checked – does not apply to this race
| Mile |
Station |
Cutoff |
Crew access |
Bag |
Pacer |
Med |
To next |
| 6.30 |
Butte Camp
|
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
5.90 |
| 12.20 |
Toutle River
|
11:30am |
? |
? |
? |
? |
8.10 |
| 20.30 |
The Spring
|
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
3.70 |
| 24.00 |
Ape Canyon
|
4:00pm |
? |
? |
? |
? |
8.30 |
| 32.30 |
Finish
|
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Same race, other lines
Other distances and other years
What it looks like out there
Somebody has been out there with a camera
the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.
3 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.
These are other people's work and we link straight to them. Watching costs nothing and needs no account.
More of them: every race we hold, on film.
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What you know
every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know.
Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.
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We want the address of the file the race publishes, not the file. We download it from there so the page can say where the line came from.
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
We read every one of these and we write back. Every fact here carries the source it came from, and the way a wrong one gets fixed is a person checking it against what you tell us.
Where this came from.
Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 62 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
28% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.
Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.
No account, and nothing to cancel.
What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.
I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.
